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2006 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3 of Chapter 582 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952 is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3. There shall be elected by the qualified voters of said
town on the 2nd Tuesday in June, 1952, and every two years thereafter, one
elector of said town, who shall be denominated the Mayor, and five other
electors, who shall be denominated the councilmen of said town. The mayor
and councilmen shall constitute the Council of said town.
The mayor and members of council elected at the general election held in May 2006 shall continue in office until December 31, 2008, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
At the election to be held on the Tuesday after the first
Monday in November 2008, and every four years thereafter, the candidate
for mayor receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term of
four years. At the election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in
November 2008, the two candidates for councilmen receiving the
greatest number of votes, respectively, shall be elected for a term of four
years; and at such election, the three candidates for councilmen receiving the
next greatest number of votes, respectively, shall be elected for a term of two
years. Thereafter, all councilmen shall be elected for terms of four years, and
an election for councilmen to fill the vacancies caused by the expiration of
the terms of the councilmen shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday
in November in every even-numbered year. The persons so
elected shall enter upon the duties of their offices on the 1st first
day of September January next succeeding their election, and
shall continue in office until their successors have qualified. Every
person elected as a councilman of said town shall take an oath to faithfully
execute the duties of his office to the best of his judgment. The person
elected mayor shall take the oaths prescribed by law for all State officers.